It seems Republicans are kicking the 2016 Campaign season off in typical style. Talking Points Memo reports that Ted Cruz is offering a chance for one lucky donor to go hunting with him; and here’s the best part:
…the winner may have to endure a background check first.
…the background check for the contest may come as a surprise to some of Cruz’s supporters.
It didn’t appear on the entry page for the “Shoot With Cruz” contest when TPM viewed it on Friday or in an email about the contest that the campaign sent to supporters this week. (Sign up before June 10!)
It did appear, however, deep in the fine print for the contest, which was located on a separate page on the site.
Surely Ted doesn’t think that some responsible gun owner might “accidentally” blow his head off, that’s just silly. Come to think of it… maybe I’ll enter.
The Cruz contest is just the tip of the iceberg. Every candidate’s websites will probably sport at least one “take a photo of me with this gun” campaign picture. One thing you’ll notice, (besides the fact that it’s obvious some have never touched a gun before) is that their little shooting outfits will all look brand-spanking-new. That is, if they bother to dress up; some prefer shooting in business attire. Here are a few previous campaign photos:
Ted Cruz posing in his new attire→
Rick Perry shooting as I guess Governors in Texas like to: in the middle of town with a suit on.
Rand Paul thought Perry’s style was pretty cool, so he posed in a shirt and tie; looks natural, don’t you think?
Some people don’t look comfortable with a gun no matter how hard they try; take Rick Santorum for example.
See what I mean about the shiny new outfits? The thumbs up is for making it through the day without shooting himself; in fact he prayed about it before he went out. 
Well, he didn’t pray exactly… bystanders said he just kept repeating “Please don’t let me die.”, “Please don’t let me die.”
Bobby Jindal and his wife posed together for a cute aren’t we a bad-ass nerd couple campaign photo.
Marco Rubio’s picture was taken at a gun show. Probably the safest thing since those guns aren’t loaded. Love that short sleeve preppy gun-totin’ look, don’t you?
Mike Huckabee donned new duds for his photo.
I’m guessing Ted Nugent helped him pick them out.
The most interesting shot of a candidate was definitely Scott Walker’s. I’m sure there’s a name and reason for the outfit he’s wearing, but I’ve just never seen a guy shoot in a fishnet vest before. I won’t even get into the “he looks like a little kid” thing.
Perhaps the most famous he-man gun shooting Republican of campaigns past is Dick Cheney. He went pheasant hunting once with this guy,Harry Whittington
When they came back, Mr. Whittington looked like this
Dead-Eye Dick had shot him in the face.
Thank God there’s not a shooting contest to pick their nominee; with 30 something candidates expected to run, the body count would be staggering.